June 2019 Birth Club Birth Announcements and Stories

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Birth Story or link to Birth Story: I had Pre Eclampsia, so they had to deliver her early. She came out very strong and breathing on her own. Lol and ironically on a full moon. I am soo over joyed I have my baby girl now safe.

Birth Story or link to Birth Story: Was picking up the house like I do every morning. Out of no where I was in excruciating pain. Drove myself to the hospital and didn’t even think I would make it. As soon as I got in they put me on IVs and checked baby’s heart rate. I was shipped to the next town with a NICU. In the ambulance i was contracting every 2 minutes, they were getting closer and closed. I was given shots to try and stop the contractions and help baby’s lungs. As soon as I arrived at this other hospital they did an ultrasound and found my placenta was detaching along with my uterus rupturing. I was put under and my baby boy was born via emergency c section. He was air lifted to another hospital 3 hours away to a better NICU. They had to revive him when he was born. As of right now he’s doing really good. They had him on the ventilator, but they’ve got him on room air now. They have a webcam over him and I can watch 24/7. And call and check on him when ever. When I get released from here I will be going up there to be with him. He’s really strong and fighting hard. This pregnancy has been very scary from the start, he’s defied all odds!

Your Name/Screen name: AliciaBaby's Name: IsabellaSex: Girl!Date of Birth: 3/25/19Original Due Date: 6/5/19Weeks Pregnant: 29 1Baby's Weight: 2 pounds 9.8 ouncesBaby's Length: 15.25 inchesBirth Story or link to Birth Story: My pregnancy had been the most textbook boring pregnancy ever. No morning sickness, no aches/pains, just a little tired. Around 28 3 I had an excruciating headache, I mean just a nagging pain that was keeping me up and night and it wouldn't go away. After the third day I finally went to my doctor I just knew something was wrong.

I had never, ever in my life had high blood pressure. The nurse took my BP at the office and she walked out looking pretty worried, my doctor came in and told me I needed to go to the hospital immediately and I shouldn't expect to be going home until I had a baby. I was floored and instantly started sobbing - I was so scared and taken aback... this isn't the way my pregnancy and birth were supposed to go.

I get to the hospital and when they finally get me admitted my blood pressure was 199/126, I was getting pumped full of drugs within minutes and had my blood drawn and had an ultra sound to check on my little babe. She was doing really well and was practicing her breathing. I got my first round of steroid shots immediately after the scan. The high risk doctors were in and out of my room talking to me about what I needed to be prepared for, and then a NICU doctor came down to tell me what to expect after I delivered. My head was spinning and everything was happening so fast, it was hard to keep up with all of the information. Surely this wasn't happening to me. I didn't even mean to get pregnant and I wasn't even sure I wanted children and now all of this was happening and it was surreal.

I somehow managed to hold on through the night and didn't have to deliver. I got my second steroid shot on Saturday. We also got to tour the NICU which was... more over whelming than I can describe. It was there I found out I wouldn't be able to see my baby until 24 hours after I delivered. ...WHAT?! I stared at her completely shocked... I didn't even know what to say to her. That's standard procedure? You mean to tell me I'm already sitting here in a hospital trying to hold onto this pregnancy as long as possible and you're telling me that on top of my entire thoughts/dreams about my pregnancy and delivery are ruined I can't even SEE my baby for 24 hours? I was horrified and crushed.

I get back to my L&D room and I just pray and pray that I can hold on as long as possible, I don't want a baby stuck in the NICU for months. I don't want to give my baby a horrible start in life and possibly cause her developmental problems later in her life. I managed to hold on until Monday. Monday morning I laid in bed all day while my blood pressure continued to rise, and my liver began to fail due to HELLP. It's amazing I didn't have seizures already... it's amazing the severity of the preeclampsia didn't kill me before I even got to the hospital and now my organs were starting to fail. I was asked if I wanted a natural birth because my OB knew that was my goal... I looked at her, bawling, and told her I didn't want to do that to myself and I couldn't imagine taking this any further because I was so scared that the trauma of birth would kill my baby.

I was wheeled back to surgery and had a c-section, I heard my girl screaming shortly after she was born. I didn't get to look at her, I couldn't see her. My boyfriend went with her into the NICU and I got wheeled back to my PP (previous poster) room. Luckily I had a private room. Most rooms on that floor had women and their families admiring their babies that I could hear crying at all hours of the day. My room had a breast pump and a lactation folder with a sign on the door that let the entire world know that my baby was in the NICU. I was horrified.

I still blame myself, maybe I did something wrong, maybe I could've done better for my baby somehow. I know rationally that there was nothing I could've done... that this was nothing I did wrong or could've prevented it any way... I know that. But I don't feel like that. My baby is 32 weeks as of yesterday and 3 weeks old today. She is now just over 3 pounds, is breathing room oxygen really well and on a CPAP on a pressure of 5 (4 is the lowest). We're on day 21 in the NICU and probably have another 50-70 to go, but we're taking it one step and one day at a time.

It was one of the most traumatic things I have ever experienced and I do not ever see myself having another child, I cannot put myself and my baby through that ever again.

I developed preeclampsia at 26 weeks. We were able to manage it until recently. My blood pressure was getting higher and higher, severe edema, large amount of protein in urine. OB decided it was best to deliver at 34 weeks. Both babies are doing really well in the NICU.

Your Name/Screen name: mylovelylife
Baby's Name: Ari River
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: January 17th, 2019
Original Due Date: June 6th, 2019
Weeks Pregnant: 20
Baby's Weight: 3.5 oz
Baby's Length: 6 in
Birth Story or link to Birth Story:
I felt Ari move for the first and only time at 19 weeks. One week later, he had no heartbeat. We were sent to the hospital where I had cytotec inserted into my cervix. 12 hours later, I felt something in my cervix and his tiny head slipped out. I held it - not much bigger than a ping pong ball - until the OB arrived. It was one of the most special moments of my life. I delivered him and found out he was our third sweet boy. We held him for hours. He was beautiful. When I was holding him, I felt at peace and thought, “I’m going to be ok.” When the funeral director arrived and took him, I felt like a couldn’t breath. My hands desperately grasped for anything to hold. My arms had never felt so empty.

The placenta stayed in for 6 hours before the OB came in to manually scoop it out. He was able to get it without doing a d&c. It was painful, but worth that.

It’s been 3 months since he was born and while I’m out of the initial shock, which I’m thankful for, I still think about him constantly. I feel hopelessly weak and exhausted, but feel myself growing stronger than I’ve ever been. He has changed who I am. He is one of the most tragic, but also one of the most important stories of my life. My sweet Ari River.

Birth Story: I woke up on Thursday morning and took my kids to school. When I got back home, I went to get out of my car and felt a “gush”. At first I thought I had peed on myself, but fluid was dripping down my legs. My car seat was soaked and my shorts were soaked. We went to the hospital and she was delivered via C-Section at 11:47. She came out screaming. She is in the NICU, but is doing fairy well overall.

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